Subject/philosophy

Famous quotes containing the words subject and/or philosophy:

“Gloucester. Is’t not the King?
Lear. Ay, every inch a king!
When I do stare, see how the subject quakes!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“If you look at history you’ll find that no state has been so plagued by its rulers as when power has fallen into the hands of some dabbler in philosophy or literary addict.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)